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PHILADELPHIA — The new Barnes Foundation 4.5-acre campus on Benjamin Franklin Parkway, designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, is now open to the public. On Wednesday, the international media was invited to get an early look into the new 93,000-square-foot building and gardens as well as have the opportunity to talk with the architects, board members and other officials involved with the project.

Small group tours—specific to the building’s architecture, the art collection, and the landscaping—were held during the day. I recorded eight brief videos of the art tour with Derek Gillman, Barnes Foundation executive director and president, and the architecture tour with Philip Ryan, senior associate of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects.